Containment was the U.S. foreign policy goal of limiting the spread of communism until it failed to work in:

a. the Iranian hostage crisis.
b. the Vietnam War.
c. the invasion of Kuwait.
d. the September 11th attacks.


b. the Vietnam War.

Political Science

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One of the features that Indian democracy shares with that of the United States is that both are

A. dependent upon high-tech industries for most of their income. B. modeled on the British government from which they gained independence. C. examples of parliamentary systems. D. secular states.

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________ is a term given to forms of public mobilizations that are ingrained in public consciousness and that recur at regular intervals because the public intuitively understands what the form of mobilization is supposed to accomplish

A. Cohabitation B. Coalition C. United front D. Repertoires of collective action E. Entryism

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Since 1968 both the New Deal coalition and the Democrats’ solid grip on the South has

a. declined. b. remained steadfast. c. increased its popularity and spread throughout the Midwest. d. become prime territory for third-party candidates such as the Tea Party. e. been a decisive region in contemporary critical elections.

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